Jekyll2019-04-25T01:47:53+00:00https://bobpony.org/feed.xmlBob Pony BlogThe place where you can find information on updates and other stories here.A new 2019 redesign2019-04-24T00:00:00+00:002019-04-24T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/update/A2019Redesign<p>If you recently came onto this website then you might’ve of obviously noticed that this website has gone through a major redesign.</p>
<h1>What’s new/changed</h1>
<ul>
<li>Simplified homepage, very much simplified indeed.</li>
<li>More darkness, who doesn’t like dark theme?</li>
<li>Did some site tweaks and little changes</li>
<li>Cleaned up downloads page.</li>
<li>Support discord community page has been simplified.</li>
</ul>
<h1>What’s removed/deprecated</h1>
<ul>
<li>Removed videos due to lack of traffic and need for it</li>
<li>About page removed due it being very messy and not worth my time to fix it up since less people bother go to that page, might rework it someday. It was quite a mess ngl.</li>
<li>Most of the options in the support page has been removed to due to them being unnecessary.</li>
<li>Gallery is considered to be deprecated, might rewrite or may get it removed in the future.</li>
<li>Less used social medias are removed in the footer.</li>
<li>Toolbox has been removed due to less interest in working on it, might reappear again in the future.</li>
<li>Share menu has been removed due to low usage and web browsers are slowly adding the share feature.</li>
<li>Search site with Google has been removed due to this website downsizing, but you can at least still search for blog posts with google if you wanted too in the blog page.</li>
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<p>If you want to know more of the technical details of what got added and removed then feel free to visit the BobPony.org GitHub repo.</p>Bob PonyIf you recently came onto this website then you might’ve of obviously noticed that this website has gone through a major redesign.What’s been going on lately in early 2019…2019-01-24T00:00:00+00:002019-01-24T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/Whatsbeengoingoninearly2019<p>Hello everyone, this is Bob Pony posting once again and it’s been almost a month since I’ve written my last post since I just felt not very motivated to make a new post nor make a over huge overhaul of this website, but maybe during my next school vacation that starts next month, maybe I’ll spice something up, well… hopefully. So let’s dive into some things been going on!</p>
<p>Along with some questions for me to answer!</p>
<p>I’ve been planning on a overhaul for this website, but could be a problem for some things on here.</p>
<h1>What overhauls?</h1>
<p>The overhaul I’ve been planning on is doing something simplified and easier to navigate, but it may cause some issues with the flow of some web pages and that it might be a bit while to overhaul.</p>
<h2>Other plans do you have anything else for this website?</h2>
<p>It’s hard to say what plans I have for this website since it’s mostly complete, well actually not since some things need to be added in and maybe fix some bugs with this website. If you have any please use the report issue feature, thanks!</p>
<h2>What’s the future of bobpony.org?</h2>
<p>Hard to determine the future of this website because something can change in direction or maybe a new path to something else will take place.</p>
<h2>Any ETA on the overhaul?</h2>
<p>Could happen or never happen, but there will be an attempt starting on the next school vacation. I’ve just not been in the mood to even work on other things for this website, since I wasn’t as motivated to do so, but hopefully by the time my next school vacation comes, I’ll try working on this website.</p>
<h2>Planning on fully moving to GitLab?</h2>
<p>If GitLab was fully better then could be a consideration, but I honestly don’t care about GitHub and Microsoft’s own thing as long Microsoft doesn’t make GitHub like complete trash.</p>
<h1>What will happen if the “end” comes someday?</h1>
<p>Good question! This is very hard to know what will actually happen by then because during the few months, something will change even a little thing, but don’t worry! You’ll be notified if that day comes, but it wouldn’t be a time to actually announce it since something can change or what not.</p>
<h2>What about this website, the discord community, and the YouTube channel?</h2>
<p>It will be “maintained” for a while, and as I’ve said in the first question about the “end”, it would be announced if the closure actually comes or something.</p>
<h2>ETA for the ending?</h2>
<p>It’s currently unknown but something could happen, quite hard to tell as of writing this post… But, don’t worry anyone will be notified if it comes for a reason.</p>
<h1>Other questions for me to answer I guess.</h1>
<h2>“What will you do by the time when you graduate?”</h2>
<p>Hard to say what I’ll do by then, but something may could happen.</p>
<h3>“Anything else that could affect something”?</h3>
<p>It’s hard to determine the future, but if something has to get affected, there will be a reason.</p>
<h4>“Does that mean, there will still be something new or a surprise?”</h4>
<p>Maybe :thinking:</p>
<h2>Will there be a “Bob Pony 2” or a “Bob Pony Refresh”?</h2>
<p>There will be someday, but I’ll probably like someone to help out and contribute. :thumbsup:</p>
<h3>What will it be like?</h3>
<p>Something very new and a entire different direction than the current bp</p>
<h4>“Well Okay, what would happen to the original one?”</h4>
<p>It will be reused to other projects or something else while the “Bob Pony 2/Refresh” will change up things.</p>
<h3>Any ETA for it?</h3>
<p>Someday or neverday.</p>
<h2>“Do you plan on collab with someone”?</h2>
<p>Very hard to tell if it would work out well, never really did any collabs with other people.</p>
<h1>That’s all!</h1>
<p>See ya into the later 2019 of this year!</p>
<p>Comment below if you have any questions or comments about this post.</p>Bob PonyHello everyone, this is Bob Pony posting once again and it’s been almost a month since I’ve written my last post since I just felt not very motivated to make a new post nor make a over huge overhaul of this website, but maybe during my next school vacation that starts next month, maybe I’ll spice something up, well… hopefully. So let’s dive into some things been going on!Merry Postmas!2018-12-30T00:00:00+00:002018-12-30T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/MerryPostmas<h1>Merry Postmas everyone!</h1>
<p>As you can see, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here due to not finding anything what I could write about and mainly due to the past issues I’ve faced a couple months ago. So, right now… I am gonna tell you of what I’ve got for Christmas.</p>
<h2>Things I got for Christmas</h2>
<p>I’ll add pictures in later, but since I am a bit too lazy to upload them, I’ll just edit this post with images later.</p>
<h3>Nintendo Switch</h3>
<p>Yep, I’ve gotten the Nintendo Switch this Christmas!</p>
<h3>Xbox One Controller (with MicroUSB cable)</h3>
<p>Finally, a game controller that I can play with Rocket League on PC.</p>
<h3>A Virtual CD Drive emulator (iodd2541)</h3>
<p>Finally, no need to waste discs and fuss with them.</p>
<h3>Some gaming headphones</h3>
<p>At least uses the audio jack, USB isn’t my cup of tea.</p>
<h3>1 TB laptop hdd</h3>
<p>Obviously, this is gonna go into the Virtual CD Drive emulator (iodd2541)</p>
<h1>The future ahead…</h1>
<p>The future of what is ahead is beyond quite difficult of what will happen and whether or not that I’ll actually be able to do something special since a lot of things can happen in the future that no will know what could happen by then since everything can change even something little since when I’ll graduate from school in like a few months, but don’t worry anyone can still work on this website since its source is on GitHub to the public which anyone can contribute to this website if they want or you can too by helping you such as Reporting issues or fixing it yourself by forking the repo then editing it then do a pull request.</p>
<h1>The aftermath of school graduation</h1>
<p>It’s quite hard to think what to do after school graduation since this year is my final year of school, and it’s quite challenging of what to do from there because there’s a point of “What should I do now?”, but if it comes to a point where something can’t be done or whatever happens down the road, well I’ll probably let all of you know what will happen, it might be something good or not… Who knows? Well, I hope you’re having fun in life or whatever you are doing right now. But, ofc that’s just a few months away, and something could change by then… Who knows what could happen, not everyone can predict the future ahead accurately because of many of the conditions that happen.</p>
<h1>What now?</h1>
<p>As of right now, this website is probably due for a huge overhaul since this website is kinda of getting stale at this point and mainly since I’ve been busy with my own things, I couldn’t really be bothered with working on this website quite a lot due to school and other things as I’ve already mentioned. Hopefully, I’ll start working on something cool and stuff. It’s quite difficult since everyday when I get home from school, I just feel like I am just worn out from school nowadays then I used to be in the past, hopefully it’s understandable for what I mean by that since everytime you get older you just feel like you have less and less energy as time goes on than you once used to have when you were younger. Time sure does fly, but it doesn’t mean I’ll abandon this website, I’ll just try to work on it if I can and if there’s any huge inspiration for me on what I work on this website. Sorry, if I’ve made some errors in this post due to me rushing. Sorry about that.</p>
<p>I wish you all, A Happy New Year!</p>Bob PonyMerry Postmas everyone! As you can see, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here due to not finding anything what I could write about and mainly due to the past issues I’ve faced a couple months ago. So, right now… I am gonna tell you of what I’ve got for Christmas.Windows 7 look back2018-09-26T00:00:00+00:002018-09-26T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/Windows7Revisit<p class="has-text-centered title">
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/l7dLKnT.png" alt="Windows 7 winver" /><br />
Windows 7's winver
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<h1>Introduction</h1>
<p>Windows 7 was released back in the year in 2009, and it has certainly brought a lot of things to the table. Some people may call it a Windows Vista refresh since Windows 7 is built off Windows Vista. Windows 7 has been a huge success that it has eventually overtaken Windows XP and Windows Vista market share later, and Windows 7’s market share is now in 2nd place as of the writing of this post.</p>
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<h1>The “new” things</h1>
<p>Windows 7 has certainly brought a lot of new things to the table including <a href="http://www.nirsoft.net/articles/windows_7_kernel_architecture_changes.html">other changes under the hood</a>.</p>
<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7#Security">Action Center</a></h2>
<p>The new thing that replaces the old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Security_Center">Windows Security Center</a> from Windows XP and Vista. Basically, the new action center now simplifies everything from User Account Control to Antivirus/Anti-Spyware protection.</p>
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/J89v6Ia.png" alt="Action Center window" /><br />Action Center window
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/fVSkOVt.png" alt="Action Center notification area" /><br />Action Center notification area
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<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_and_Restore">Backup and Restore</a></h2>
<p>This was refreshed in Windows 7, a feature that was first introduced in Windows Vista that was eventually removed in Windows 8.1 but brought back starting with Windows 10.
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/MEFpxcS.png" alt="Backup and Restore" /></p>
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<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7#HomeGroup">Homegroup</a></h2>
<p>This allowed users to easily connect their pcs in the local network, basically it’s a watered-down version of Active Directory, a very watered down one.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/v7Fh8qI.png" alt="Homegroup" />
The feature that wasn’t open source and only exclusive to computers running Windows 7 and higher until <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10#Features_removed_in_version_1803">Windows 10’s April 2018 update</a></p>
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<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
<p>The all new Troubleshooting area for all your problems, instead of having to get some Troubleshooting kit in Windows XP or Vista just to fix an issue. Surprisingly, it’s still the same for the most part in Windows 10.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/a8ndGYV.png" alt="Troubleshooting" /></p>
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<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Player">Windows Media Player 12</a></h2>
<p>Windows Media Player 12 has certainly brought things to the table like H.264, MP4, FLAC support including other media formats along with new features such as features for the SuperBar, killing off the old “Mini mode” that was introduced with Windows Media Player 9 Series.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/HYXwYg5.png" alt="Windows Media Player 12" /></p>
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<h2>Refreshed things</h2>
<p>The way that Windows Vista should have been.</p>
<h3>Windows 7’s Index Experience</h3>
<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_System_Assessment_Tool">Windows Index Experience (WinSAT)</a> in Windows 7 has been increased from 5.9 (Windows Vista) to 7.9 then 9.9 in Windows 8.0, eventually WEI GUI was then killed off altogether in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8.1#Removed_features">Windows 8.1</a></p>
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<h3><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Panel_(Windows)">Control Panel</a></h3>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/T5PAPlr.png" alt="Control Panel" /></p>
<p>Just been made a bit more modern and simple. This refreshed Control Panel is still the same in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10">Windows 10</a>, except <a href="https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-will-fully-replace-control-panel-settings-future-windows-10-builds">Microsoft is slowly but surely hiding the Control Panel by pieces slowly</a>.</p>
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<h3>On-screen keyboard</h3>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/NQxgRkQ.png" alt="On-Screen Keyboard" /></p>
<p>Long gone the old Windows XP On-screen keyboard that stayed in Windows Vista. This is how it should have been in Windows Vista since it would fit with the Vista theme.</p>
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<h3><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint#Windows_7_and_later">Paint</a></h3>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Bp1mR08.png" alt="Paint" /></p>
<p>Ribbons!</p>
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<h3><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPad">WordPad</a></h3>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/5KHA6TA.png" alt="WordPad" /></p>
<p>More ribbons.</p>
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<h3><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Easy_Transfer">Windows Easy Transfer</a></h3>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/x1CBN3x.png" alt="Windows Easy Transfer" /></p>
<p>Nice, finally in a window instead of it being in full screen.</p>
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<h3><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_Notes">Sticky Notes</a></h3>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/GV4uoXZ.png" alt="Sticky Notes" /></p>
<p>At least you can now actually type in it, unlike where in Vista you could only draw in it since it was just the Windows XP Tablet Edition Sticky Notes ported over to Vista and had a gadget version like the one in Windows 7. Also, the new Sticky Notes allows you to draw in it, if you have a touch screen that supports a pen.</p>
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<h3>Improved <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control">User Account Control</a></h3>
<p>Starting with Windows 7, you can now easily turn down the User Account Control with the ability to select four different options of notifications unlike where Windows Vista would always give you UAC prompts for every administrative action. But, you can also turn it up to Vista-level if that’s your cup of tea.</p>
<h1>Has it aged well?</h1>
<p>There’s two answers to this question…</p>
<h2>Yes</h2>
<p>All programs out there at the time of writing this post still support this almost 10-year-old operating system just like how Windows XP has held up with 3rd party program support, including Driver support! Although, most programs and modern up to date hardware may still support Windows 7, it may be with limitations such as no Ray Tracing support for DirectX 11 since it doesn’t support ray tracing. Another issue is the lack of modern emoji support which is huge problem in modern society in communication unless you have the <a href="https://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-brings-windows-10-emoji-on-windows-7-with-office-2016-update-517105.shtml">Office 2016 update</a>.</p>
<h2>No</h2>
<p>The user interface that Windows 7 has, really looks out of place nowadays since every modern application and website user interface is all flat and makes it seem to be quite weird due to two different UI designs. Also, Windows 7’s tablet support isn’t really the best on modern tablets especially those that need a higher DPI for those high resolution displays which Windows 7 has problems with when set to 150 DPI or higher, not only that but the DPI scaling doesn’t always work for every application such as Steam or any other programs that isn’t optimized for high DPI scaling.</p>
<h1>Is it still worth using it in 2018?</h1>
<p>That really depends on what you need or don’t need, but most apps out there will still support Windows 7 as of the writing this post, but another thing to keep in mind is Windows 7 isn’t officially supported on Intel Kaby/Coffee Lake and AMD’s Ryzen Platform. Support for Windows 7 ends in Jan. 2020 so you might be better off with Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 if Windows 10 isn’t your cup of tea.</p>Bob PonyWindows 7's winverImpacting website update!2018-09-03T00:00:00+00:002018-09-03T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/update/ImpactingWebsiteUpdate<h1>Hello everyone! :wave:</h1>
<p>You might of noticed some of the things on this website has been shifted around, that’s normal. No need to worry. Anyways, I’ll explain the changes that has been done on this website.</p>
<h1>Blog Related stuff</h1>
<h2>Categories!</h2>
<p>Categories are now HERE! This means it will be easier to look for posts in a specific category, also posts now have a label next to them which shows what category it falls under in, also clickable too.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4WUVdWC.png" alt="Categories!!!!" /></p>
<h2>Pagination!!!</h2>
<p>Whoop Whoop, the blog now has pagination meaning that you don’t have to scroll through the entire whole blog just for a specific post or waste data as much.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/LHbWH4C.png" alt="WOW" /></p>
<h2>Author and dates</h2>
<p>The posted on date and the author now shows on blog posts instead of the description. :ok_hand:</p>
<h2>Meta-Related</h2>
<p>The blog posts now have some metas and no longer use the default author “Bob Pony”. :wink:</p>
<h1>Other things to cover</h1>
<h2>Quick Buttons</h2>
<p>The new button things that are now like near the top of the page in Downloads and Gallery. Meaning that the drop down menu from Downloads is removed in favor of Quick Buttons.</p>
<h2>Espi and VS Code</h2>
<p>Espi is dumbo that she didn’t test “is-active” class for the navigation menu items, so I had to fix that myself. :clap:</p>
<h2>Spell and Fixings</h2>
<p>Some spellings and fixerys since spelling and fixing is very important:tm:.</p>
<h1>Thanks for reading</h1>
<p>Feel free to explain your thoughts below or your response to it.</p>Bob PonyHello everyone! :wave:The website is now smaller!2018-07-28T00:00:00+00:002018-07-28T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/update/WebsiteNowSmaller<p>Oh hey there! :wave:</p>
<p>I heard you might be low on bandwidth, aren’t you? Maybe you won’t, but starting now, this site eats less bandwidth. (And obviously, it’s faster to load!)</p>
<h2>How?</h2>
<p>First, I have removed jQuery as it was used just for the hamburger menu.
The hamburger menu code has been replaced with a better code, without using jQuery.<br />
That’s ~69kB smashed. I guess, if you used to have a 20MB data plan like me, and you valued each byte you have received, that’s nice.</p>
<h2>Are you having any problems?</h2>
<p>Everyone needs healing. If you notice any problems with the hamburger menu, go ahead and notice me using GitHub issues :)</p>
<p><img src="https://owo.sh/3d4590.png" alt="Hover over Page actions, and select Report issue" /></p>
<p>When creating a new issue, choose Report a JS issue and follow the instructions listed.</p>
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<p><em>What do you think of this change? Tell me in the comments below.
This is TTtie signing off!</em></p>TTtieOh hey there! :wave:Pick a new budget PC over a old PC from over 10 years ago2018-07-23T00:00:00+00:002018-07-23T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/WhyNewBudgetPCoverOldPC<p>There are many old computers on websites like eBay, but is it really worth getting one, especially if it’s your first computer/laptop? Short answer, NO. Long answer, depends. keep on reading.</p>
<p>Here’s the reasons why you shouldn’t buy a old computer especially if it’s over 10 years old.</p>
<h1>Why not buy used?</h1>
<h2>1. The condition</h2>
<p>Who knows what could be hiding with these old computers… Older computers might have defective parts, or something that is worse than it should be. It’s common for older laptops to have problems, considering how many times the previous owner used them and the harsh conditions they might have gone through. If you don’t want to face these problems, then stay away.</p>
<h2>2. Bad battery</h2>
<p>If you consider on traveling with the old laptop, where it won’t always be charging, you’re probably going to be out of luck if you want to use it. A lot of older laptops, due to wear and tear or long periods of storage, usually have degraded or defective batteries, which means that they will either last for a shorter amount of time, or will not work at all without a charger.</p>
<h2>3. Not very power efficient, and bad performance</h2>
<p>The main issue with old laptops is their power efficiency. If you try to play YouTube videos on an old laptop, especially if it’s over 10 years old, you’ll realize that the battery and the power efficiency isn’t really that great, since the laptop probably doesn’t have video decoding built into the graphics card. Therefore, it will fallback to software video decoding, which taxes the CPU. If you get a modern budget laptop, then there’s no need to worry, since they have video decoders built into their integrated graphics.</p>
<p>This doesn’t just apply to laptops, it also applies to desktop computers.
Old desktops, including Pentium 4s, Pentium Ds, and PowerMacs usually have bad power efficiency, which usually increases the power bill. They also heat up a lot</p>
<h2>4. Overheating</h2>
<p>Old laptops might sometimes be too hot to use, and may burn your hands. This happens on old laptops because the thermal paste has most likely gone bad. If you don’t know how to open up the laptop and replace the thermal paste, then you usually can’t fix this issue.</p>
<h2>5. Warranty expired</h2>
<p>Used computers usually don’t have warranty, since warranty plans are usually only a few years long, and most used computers have been used for longer then that. This usually means you have to replace parts yourself. Sometimes, you can’t even replace them, because they are soldered on to the motherboard (for example, CPUs in laptops.)</p>
<h1>Why buy used?</h1>
<h2>1. Pricing</h2>
<p>If you have a low budget (usually, budgets under $150), it might be better to buy a used computer. If you do, make sure that the condition of the device is okay. Make sure that, within your budget, you pick the best computer you can find.</p>
<h2>2. Spare computers</h2>
<p>If you need a spare computer, then buying used is okay. Of course, check the condition and specs before purchasing.</p>
<p>Hopefully, you’ve decided on why you should or shouldn’t buy a used computer/laptop. If you have any more reasons, then feel free to comment below, as I will update this post later with more details and reasons.</p>Bob PonyThere are many old computers on websites like eBay, but is it really worth getting one, especially if it’s your first computer/laptop? Short answer, NO. Long answer, depends. keep on reading.How to fix Steam issues under Windows XP2018-07-17T00:00:00+00:002018-07-17T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/guides/FixSteamOnXP<p>Apparently since a few weeks ago, Windows XP users including Linux users who use wine to play their steam windows games on their Linux systems have been experiencing issues when trying to download the game from Steam, especially to the users who have a fresh install. I’ve experienced the same problem before, until now. I’ve found the solution on how to fix it, keep on reading to learn how!</p>
<p>Steps</p>
<ol>
<li>Exit Steam (If you haven’t exited it out already)</li>
<li>Navigate to the path <code class="highlighter-rouge">C:/Program Files/Steam/config/</code></li>
<li>Edit the file <code class="highlighter-rouge">config.vdf</code> in a text editor (Don’t use NOTEPAD!)</li>
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<p>In the text editor, find the section that looks like this</p>
<p>```“InstallConfigStore” {</p>
<p>“Software” {</p>
<p>“Valve” {</p>
<p>“Steam”</p>
<p>“cip”```</p>
<p>Then paste in this under “cip”</p>
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<p>After that, save the file then start Steam. Now try downloading any game now, if it starting downloading like it should, then feel free to pat yourself at the back like a good boy.</p>Bob PonyApparently since a few weeks ago, Windows XP users including Linux users who use wine to play their steam windows games on their Linux systems have been experiencing issues when trying to download the game from Steam, especially to the users who have a fresh install. I’ve experienced the same problem before, until now. I’ve found the solution on how to fix it, keep on reading to learn how!The $8 AMD Athlon 64 X2 PC find!2018-07-16T00:00:00+00:002018-07-16T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/reviews/The8DollarPC<p><a name="summary"></a></p>
<h1>Summary</h1>
<p>This PC I’ve found at the thrift store today as of writing this post will be officially be replacing my old Hewlett-Packard Compaq D530 CMT (Not throwing it away, just going to store it somewhere) since the computer is starting to have issues and of course it’s understandable due to its age since I’ve had the pc since early 2008. This pc will officially replace my old HP D530 CMT since I’ll migrate the parts like the RAM considering that the pc came with no ram at all and no hard drive whatsoever which that would include the SSD from it. Not only that, I’ll migrate the PCI devices like my USB 2.0 card and the Wireless network card. The primary reason why I’ve retired my old HP computer is because it had issues like recognizing the RAM (I’ve tried cleaning the slots and the ram, but no difference), also this pc has some more modern technology like PCI express, even though it might be PCI express 1.1 slots… It’s much better than AGP and the legacy PCI since PCI cards are not good due to the speed of it even if you used a PCI to PCIe converter it will be bottlenecked by the speeds of PCI, also the AGP slot is very obsolete since there’s not enough good GPUs for the poor AGP slot which is a huge problem.
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<h1>System specifications</h1>
<p>Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+</p>
<p>RAM: 2 GB DDR1</p>
<p>Integrated GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6100</p>
<p>SSD: 120 GB SanDisk (Added by me)</p>
<p>Model: Gateway GT5028</p>
<p>Original operating system it first came with: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
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<h1>Getting the PC</h1>
<p>One day, I was at the thrift store and I’ve was looking around in the electronic department, then I’ve found this machine for $7.99. I thought it was a steal considering it has an AMD Athlon 64 X2 and has DDR1 SLOTS! Not only that, I’ve believed that this PC would be a ton better than my old HP D530 since the AMD Athlon 64 CPUs have more power than the Pentium 4. I was quite impressed of how lightweight this PC is, unlike my HP Compaq D530 CMT.
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<h2>Putting an operating system on it</h2>
<p>Since I wasn’t too sure what hardware the machine really had and I wanted to do some testing first before putting an old OS like Windows XP, so I’ve decided that Windows 10 would be more suited since it should have most of the drivers for this PC and sure enough, it did. The Windows 10 version I’ve used as an evaluation copy just for testing it out on this machine and see how well it could handle Windows 10. I wasn’t really surprised that Windows 10 wasn’t very optimized for this computer since it felt slow and wasn’t really fluid which had some features lacking like the Acrylic effects (See Gallery) considering the operating system is mainly designed for modern machines in mind. Don’t worry, this Windows 10 install is just a temporary install.
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<h2>Windows 10 starting up under a minute</h2>
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<p>Not bad considering it’s on the SSD.
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<h2>Limitations</h2>
<ul>
<li>Windows 8.1 x64 and higher will not work at all, so 32-bit version must be used.</li>
<li>Windows 10 runs poorly for doing any heavy related task such as gaming and uses a lot of CPU usage during the first few minutes after starting up as seen here.</li>
</ul>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Windows 10 be mining bitcoins <a href="https://t.co/LQ2ykr4NPR">pic.twitter.com/LQ2ykr4NPR</a></p>&mdash; Bob Pony (@TheBobPony) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBobPony/status/1017869696094425094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>As you can see, it’s not worth using Windows 10 on this machine whatsoever unless you’re running the LTSB/LTSC version since that version is less bloated or do tweaking with Windows 10. Later, I’ll discuss why Windows XP is more suited on this machine like around the end of this blog post, especially being used as a retro gaming machine.
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<h1>Gaming comparison</h1>
<p><a name="win10gaming"></a></p>
<h2>Gaming on Windows 10</h2>
<p>There were totally no regrets!</p>
<h3>Portal 1</h3>
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<p>Video showing the gameplay of Portal on the lowest settings in 720p.</p>
<h3>Garry’s Mod</h3>
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<p>Garry’s mod with tons of addons, with low settings in 720p.
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<h2>Gaming on Windows XP</h2>
<h3>Portal 1</h3>
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<p>Video showing the gameplay of Portal on the lowest settings in 720p (same configuration as the one in Windows 10).</p>
<h2>Half-Life 2</h2>
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<h1>Benchmarking</h1>
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<h2 class="is-title-2">Passmark PerformanceTest</h2>
<p>Windows 10</p>
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<p>Windows XP</p>
<a href="https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=104952909951"><img src="https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/images/104952909951.png" alt="PassMark Rating" border="0" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.UserBenchmark.com/UserRun/9699668"><h2 class="is-title-2">UserBenchmark <i class="fas fa-external-link-alt"></i></h2></a>
CPU: <a href="http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/2362/AMD-Athlontm-64-X2-Dual-Core-Processor-3800-">AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+</a> - <strong>15.1%</strong><br />
GPU: <a href="http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/9213/NVIDIA-GeForce-6100">Nvidia GeForce 6100</a> - <strong>0%</strong><br />
SSD: <a href="http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/24452/SanDisk-SDSSDA120G">SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB</a> - <strong>27.3%</strong><br />
RAM: <a href="http://ram.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/90334/Unknown-4x05GB">Unknown 4x0.5GB</a> - <strong>7%</strong><br />
MBD: <a href="http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Gateway-GT5028/92855">Gateway GT5028</a>
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<h2 class="is-title-2">GeekBench</h2>
<a class="button is-primary is-rounded" href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/9005161" target="_blank"><span class="icon is-small"><i class="fas fa-external-link-alt"></i></span><span>View on GeekBench</span></a>
<a class="button is-primary is-rounded" href="https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/2660501" target="_blank"><span class="icon is-small"><i class="fas fa-external-link-alt"></i></span><span>View on GeekBench (Windows XP)</span></a></div>
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<h1>Going back to Windows XP</h1>
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<p>After trying out Windows 10 on this machine, I’ve felt this machine was more suited for Windows XP considering the sticker on the machine itself says “Designed for Windows XP”, even though Windows 10 could be installed… It felt very slow to use even though the machine has an SSD, mainly during on startup the OS uses like 100% of the CPU for a few minutes then it would calm down. Also, it’s a huge potato to game in Windows 10 even with “Game Mode” turned on. After experiencing the Windows 10 on the machine. I’ve felt it was time to downgrade back to good old Windows XP and see the huge difference in performance. The performance of Windows XP was huge and played games a ton better than Windows 10 with “Gaming Mode”, what a pure joke on this machine. Also, Windows XP was a ton more snapper than Windows 10 especially since it doesn’t use a ton of the CPU when starting up. Overall, this machine is very worth it for a retro gaming PC and maybe a game server too since I’ve used this pc for a bit when I was playing Half-Life 2 Deathmatch with my friends last night.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/a48Pz3Z.jpg" alt="Windows XP Media Center" title="Windows XP Media Center" />
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<h1>Issues</h1>
<p>Some of the issues I’ve experienced with this PC is sometimes it may not want to post, but that’s not a huge problem. Another thing is if a USB Flash drive is plugged in when turning on the PC, it will lock up at the BIOS POST test screen, it happens on a certain USB flash drive I have.
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<h1>Conclusion</h1>
<p>This PC was surely worth the upgrade mainly due to its PCI express slots which is a standard feature that every new computer has nowadays, and I’ve felt it was time to retire my old HP computer that I’ve had since 2008 because things were aging not so well and it felt very obsolete for me because mainly due to the support of the hardware like AGP is very obsolete and no actually great GPUs for it and the PCI slot isn’t good enough either due to its low speeds compared to PCI Express. Personally, I’ve felt that this PC is certainly a lot better than the old HP PC, and it was very easy to migrate the components from the HP pc like the RAM since it’s DDR1 which they both use, the PCI cards since they both have PCI slots, including the SSD since they also both have SATA ports too. Overall, this PC is worth it.
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<h1>Gallery</h1>
<h2>CPU-Z</h2>
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<h2>Speccy</h2>
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<a href="https://i.imgur.com/LwREbSo.png"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/LwREbSo.png" alt="Speccy Motherboard" border="2" /></a>
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<a href="https://i.imgur.com/Wn7DokS.png"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Wn7DokS.png" alt="Speccy Audio" border="2" /></a>
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<h2>Others</h2>
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Even though the "transparency" option is on, there's no acrylic effects.
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<h2>The physical PC itself</h2>
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<h1>Coming soon…</h1>
<p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/AIeSoTk.jpg" alt="GTX 650" title="GTX 650 in the PC" /></p>
<p>GTX 650 in the Gateway… (Probably, part 2)</p>
<p>If you have any ideas for what upgrades I should do to this pc or any suggestions then please let me know by commenting, thanks.</p>Bob PonySummary This PC I’ve found at the thrift store today as of writing this post will be officially be replacing my old Hewlett-Packard Compaq D530 CMT (Not throwing it away, just going to store it somewhere) since the computer is starting to have issues and of course it’s understandable due to its age since I’ve had the pc since early 2008. This pc will officially replace my old HP D530 CMT since I’ll migrate the parts like the RAM considering that the pc came with no ram at all and no hard drive whatsoever which that would include the SSD from it. Not only that, I’ll migrate the PCI devices like my USB 2.0 card and the Wireless network card. The primary reason why I’ve retired my old HP computer is because it had issues like recognizing the RAM (I’ve tried cleaning the slots and the ram, but no difference), also this pc has some more modern technology like PCI express, even though it might be PCI express 1.1 slots… It’s much better than AGP and the legacy PCI since PCI cards are not good due to the speed of it even if you used a PCI to PCIe converter it will be bottlenecked by the speeds of PCI, also the AGP slot is very obsolete since there’s not enough good GPUs for the poor AGP slot which is a huge problem. System specifications Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+How to install full Windows 10 for ARM on the Raspberry Pi 32018-07-10T00:00:00+00:002018-07-10T00:00:00+00:00https://bobpony.org/blog/guides/Windows10onRPi<p>The Raspberry Pi 3 is a credit card sized computer for experimenting or for small projects. It’s an inexpensive computer, if you don’t have one then I highly recommend you that you should <a href="https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Power-Supply-Listed/dp/B07BC6WH7V">get one</a> since they’re very inexpensive and fun to play around with. This guide tells you how to easily install full Windows 10 for ARM on the Raspberry Pi 3, no Windows IoT!</p>
<h1>Requirements</h1>
<ul>
<li>Have a Raspberry Pi 3 (Works with other Raspberry Pi 3 models)</li>
<li>A MicroSD Card that has at least 16 GB of space.</li>
<li>Patience</li>
<li>A computer that has an operating system running at least Windows 10 version 1703 (Creators Update)</li>
</ul>
<h1>The steps on how to install Windows 10 for ARM on the RPi 3</h1>
<ol>
<li>Use MiniTool Partition Wizard to Partition the MicroSD with a boot partition that has 100 MB in size and the file system set as FAT16 (FAT) not FAT32 or NTFS and name it “BOOT”, after that make the BOOT partition marked as active then make another partition that takes up the entire MicroSD card and make sure the file system is NTFS and have the name of the partition as “Windows”.</li>
<li>Download the Windows 10 (arm64) from <a href="https://uup.rg-adguard.net/index.php">this website</a> created by adguard.
(Select “Windows (Final version)” for type, “Feature update to Windows 10, version 1803 [arm64]” for version, select a language and an edition, and then select “Download ISO compiler in OneClick! (unZIP -&gt; RUN creatingISO.cmd))</li>
<li>Now run the creatingISO batch file, and wait until it’s complete.</li>
<li>After completion, mount the ISO in Windows. Copy the install.wim from the sources folder to a folder somewhere on your drive.</li>
<li>Now apply the wim image to the MicroSD Card. Make sure you run this command as administrator
<code class="highlighter-rouge">dism /apply-image /imagefile:install.wim /applydir:E: /index:1</code></li>
</ol>
<p>This might take a while depending on the speed of your MicroSD card!</p>
<p>Remember to replace the “E:” drive letter with the drive letter that is on the Windows partition of the MicroSD card.</p>
<h1>Creating the BCD</h1>
<ol>
<li>bcdboot E:\Windows /s K: /f UEFI</li>
<li>bcdedit /store K:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /set {default} testsigning on</li>
<li>bcdedit /store K:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /set {default} nointegritychecks on</li>
<li>bcdedit /store K:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy</li>
</ol>
<p>Remember to replace the “E:” drive letter with the drive letter that is on the Windows partition of the MicroSD card, and replace the “K:” drive letter with the drive letter that is on the Boot partition of the MicroSD card.</p>
<h1>Injecting drivers</h1>
<ol>
<li>Download drivers by <a href="https://github.com/andreiw/RaspberryPiPkg/files/2110828/WoA64_Drivers.zip">clicking here</a></li>
<li>Extract it to a folder under the name <code class="highlighter-rouge">WoA64_Drivers</code></li>
<li>Run this command as admin <code class="highlighter-rouge">dism /image:E: /add-driver /driver:WoA64_Drivers /recurse /forceunsigned</code></li>
</ol>
<p>Transfer the MicroSD card into the Raspberry Pi after its done injecting the drivers then enjoy!</p>
<p>Please note to not connect any devices into the Raspberry Pi, including the keyboard and mouse, until Windows is fully loaded, since you may run into issues.</p>
<p>Another note, during the setup process if you see the bsod and you haven’t connected any USB devices yet… that’s normal. After the reboot, it should take you into the OOBE (Out of box experience). This might take a while depending on the speed of your MicroSD card!</p>
<p>If you have any questions or comments about your experience then comment below!</p>Bob PonyThe Raspberry Pi 3 is a credit card sized computer for experimenting or for small projects. It’s an inexpensive computer, if you don’t have one then I highly recommend you that you should get one since they’re very inexpensive and fun to play around with. This guide tells you how to easily install full Windows 10 for ARM on the Raspberry Pi 3, no Windows IoT!